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DC Circuit again rejects suit by former UK Guantanamo detainees
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit rejected Friday a lawsuit by four UK citizens and former Guantanamo Bay detainees against former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other military officials. The court's (More) |
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Canada court orders PM to request repatriation of Guantanamo detainee Khadr
A Canadian Federal Court ruled Thursday that Prime Minister Stephen Harper must advocate for the repatriation of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive]. Khadr claims that the Canadian government's refusal to reques (More) |
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Thai courts' use of legal double standards encourages extralegal means by opposition
Awzar Thi [Member, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong]: "At a meeting of lawyers and jurists in Hong Kong this week a participant from Thailand identified the key issue for her country's legal system as political control of the judicia (More) |
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Norway considering war crimes charges against Israel leaders
A top Norwegian prosecutor said Wednesday that she will look into a compliant filed by Norwegian lawyers accusing Israeli government figures of war crimes during the recent offensive in the Gaza Strip . The chief prosecutor at Norway's National (More) |
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Not the Better Part of Valor: Obama's Duty to Prosecute Torturers
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that President Obama's expressed intent to immunize CIA employees who violated US laws banning torture and cruel treatment while interrogating prisoners breaches the (More) |
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Chile judge indicts three Pinochet-era officers for 'Caravan of Death' killings
A Chilean judge has charged three former Pinochet-era military officers as accomplices for their role in the October 1973 killings of 14 leftist political opponents as part of the so-called "Caravan of Death" . Judge Victor Montiglio of t (More) |
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UN racism delegates walk out to protest anti-Israel comments by Iran president
Delegates to the UN Durban Review Conference on Racism walked out of a speech on Monday by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [official profile; JURIST news archive] after he described Israel as "totally racist." Additionally, a prote (More) |
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Rights group calls on Hamas to end internal violence against Israel supporters
Palestinian Hamas authorities should end the systematic detention, torture, and execution of supporters of Israel and the rival Fatah party , according to a report [text, PDF; press release] released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . HRW sa (More) |
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UN racism conference begins as US and other nations boycott
The UN Durban Review Conference on racism began on Monday with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile; JURIST news archive] expressing concerns over the decision by the US and several other countries to boycott the summit. The US, (More) |
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ISRAEL: A Broad View of Standing
Wendy Doernberg, Pitt Law '11, studied Israeli law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and lived in Jerusalem for 6 months...Unlike the United States, Israel has yet to adopt a formal written constitution. Even some of the laws which form the b (More) |
First execution by guillotine in France
On April 25, 1792, highwayman Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier became the first person beheaded by the guillotine in France.
Learn more about the history of the guillotine.
